Workers were more satisfied with how they were treated in Japan while Russia dealt with strikes because of poor working conditions. In document 4, S. I. Somov, a Russian socialist, recalls his participation in a strike. Being a socialist, it is easy to comprehend why Somov would sympathize with the workers and strike and even join them. He describes how the workers stated various phrases over and over again. The workers were on strike because they ran out of patience, and that their suffering was worse than death. These factory workers must have been treated extremely poorly for them to go on strike. In document 5, Yamamoto Shigemi, a historian, interviews elderly Japanese women who worked in silk factories. In Shigemi's survey, most workers voted favorably when asked about their food or pay and not a single one regretted going to work in a silk factory. A survey pool of 580 is enough to justify the notion that these conditions were similar throughout multiple factories in Japan, and that most factory workers were conent in how they were treated at the time. In document 7, M. I. Pokzocskaya, a Russian physicion, published an article about the treatment of womem in Russian factories. Women were required to work extremely long hours, up to 18 on some days. Actual physical force was also used to make children continue working. Women factory workers were treated as if they
Workers were more satisfied with how they were treated in Japan while Russia dealt with strikes because of poor working conditions. In document 4, S. I. Somov, a Russian socialist, recalls his participation in a strike. Being a socialist, it is easy to comprehend why Somov would sympathize with the workers and strike and even join them. He describes how the workers stated various phrases over and over again. The workers were on strike because they ran out of patience, and that their suffering was worse than death. These factory workers must have been treated extremely poorly for them to go on strike. In document 5, Yamamoto Shigemi, a historian, interviews elderly Japanese women who worked in silk factories. In Shigemi's survey, most workers voted favorably when asked about their food or pay and not a single one regretted going to work in a silk factory. A survey pool of 580 is enough to justify the notion that these conditions were similar throughout multiple factories in Japan, and that most factory workers were conent in how they were treated at the time. In document 7, M. I. Pokzocskaya, a Russian physicion, published an article about the treatment of womem in Russian factories. Women were required to work extremely long hours, up to 18 on some days. Actual physical force was also used to make children continue working. Women factory workers were treated as if they